songstress
From LSJ
Ἒστιν ὃ μὲν χείρων, ὃ δ' ἀμείνων ἔργον ἕκαστον· οὐδεὶς δ' ἀνθρώπων αὐτὸς ἅπαντα σοφός. (Theognis 901f.) → One is worse, the other better at each deed, but no man is wise in all things.
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
the riddling songstress, the Sphinx: V. ἡ ποικιλωδὸς Σφίγξ (Soph., Oedipus Rex 130).
